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Random music news for Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Again, apologies for any erratic posting schedules this week, but I’ll do my best to keep things on track. Here’s

Here we go again – the remainder of this year’s best albums, according to a whack of publications and somewhat

Let’s start with this – this article may take a while to load on your device. There are a LOT

Anyone with an Internet connection can instantly access somewhere around 40 million songs from all eras of recorded music history.

Not only is music interesting to listen to, but its effects on the human brain is fascinating. Music can help

Did you know there was an experimental 3D TV broadcast on this date in 1953? Neither did I. And now,

The Douglas DC-3 took to the air for the first time on this day in 1935. A lot of these

How the hell did someone built a mile-long lighted, ventilated prison escape tunnel with no one noticing? That’s just one

I’ve long lamented about people just don’t care about high-fidelity sound anymore. MP3s played through cheap earbuds are good enough

Here’s a program from NPR that deals with Cuban punk rockers who deliberately infected themselves with AIDS so they could

I remember seeing Billy Idol at Massey Hall in Toronto way back when. He was so drunk he was flopping

The Genius of Live Sports Production – Paul Graham In Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 013 December 1, 2020
The best live sports executive producers are a blend of genius, in both art and science. Whether we realize it or not, as viewers, we are of course more deeply engaged in cliffhangers. Match outcomes that keep us tuned in until the very end. That is where the executive producer shines. The research and preparation […]
Mark Silver
Intimate Gatherings of Sports Fans and Media Personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
Mark Silver